Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #129

Sadly, this is the last ever Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge, as Claire takes the company in a new direction for 2013 - but I'm very happy to be playing along!  I'm using a WM favourite, "Seasonal Remedies" with some Carta Bella Winter Fun papers that I didn't get a chance to use before now...

Patterned papers are Winter Fun, Carta Bella; Cardstock is Chocolate & Colonial White, CTMH; Ink is Chocolate, CTMH; Stamp set is Seasonal Remedies, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Ribbon, CTMH.

 

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #100

The Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge blog is celebrating their 2nd Blogaversary, and their 100th sketch!  They have prizes up for grabs and a guest design spot... so take a few minutes to check them out.  For my card, I've used my all-time favourite Waltzingmouse stamp set: Rescue Remedies.  I'm just getting this posted under the wire, so I'll keep it short... here's my card:

A close up of my flowers & the inks that I sponged onto the tag:

Patterned papers are Sidewalks, October Afternoon; Cardstock is Black & Hollyhock, CTMH; Stamp set is Rescue Remedies, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Inks are Tuxedo Black, Memento and Hollyhock & Creme Brulee, CTMH; Black Hemp, CTMH; Flowers are Prima & Kaisercraft.

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #87

I'm a bright & bold cardmaker for the most part... but I really love the muted neutrals of these October Afternoon papers.  I knew that I had the perfect stamp set to go with them, too!  Here is what I made for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge:

Patterned papers are Farmhouse, October Afternoon; Cardstock is Vanilla Cream, CTMH; Spellbinders Die; Stamp sets are Holiday Labels, Waltzingmouse Stamps & Chairs To You, CTMH; Inks are Grey Wool, CTMH & Tuxedo Black, Memento; Copic Markers; Organdy ribbon, CTMH

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #83

I decided to do something a little different with this week's circular sketch at the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge - and put it on a square.  I haven't made any hand rolled paper roses in a while, but I added a couple to the bottom of my card, here's what I came up with:

Patterned papers are Sidewalks, October Afternoon; Cardstock is Kraft, Tulip & Black, CTMH; Stamp set is Rescue Remedies, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Licorice Opaque Pearls, CTMH.

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #82

I've had this card on my drafting table for DAYS!  But I refused to move onto something new until I'd finished it... and now that high school exams are over for this semester (I'm the taxi service), I should have a few chunks of time to create a little bit.  This is not my typical card style, but I wanted to use my Curio papers again, so I pulled them out for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge:

Here was our sketch:

Patterned papers are Curio, Basic Grey; Stamp set is Rescue Remedies, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Inks are Chocolate & Cocoa, CTMH; 1 1/4" circle punch, CTMH; Olive Organdy ribbon & Wooden button, CTMH.

I'm a Top Mouse!

How nice to wake up this morning and find this card was selected for a Top Mouse award on the Waltzingmouse Sketch Blog!  There is a new sketch up on the Waltzingmouse blog today, so check it out if you get a chance :o)

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #80 & Ribbon Carousel #35

At last a chance to participate in a couple of challenges that I haven't been able to play in for a few weeks.  I combined the Waltzingmouse Sketch with the inspiration photo from the Ribbon Carousel to make a holiday card for my stash.  It's the first time cutting into the Wonderland paper pack for me, too:

Here is the Waltzingmouse sketch:

and here is the inspiration photo from the Ribbon Carousel:

Patterned papers are Wonderland, CTMH; Cardstock is Chocolate & Heavenly Blue, CTMH; Stamp sets are Vintage Labels & Holiday Labels, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Inks are Crystal Blue & Chocolate, CTMH; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Marvy & Martha Stewart punches, Spellbinder's Die.

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #76

I didn't want to pass on this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge, because I love the little ornament sketch... so I'm just getting this done in time :o)  Claire Brennan is also having a tag challenge on her blog right now - so if you love your Waltzingmouse stamps as much as I do, you may want to play along!  I stayed fairly CAS this week, with some vintagey patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket, and a wonderful Waltzingmouse label stamp:

My inspiration actually came from a card that I made a couple of weeks ago, and wanted to make a companion tag:

I have one more of these little 'Joy' die cuts sitting on my craft table, so stay tuned - I think there'll be a 3rd project coming soon!  Here was our sketch:

Patterned papers are Dear Mr. Claus, Cosmo Cricket; Stamps are Holiday Labels and Vintage Ornaments, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Inks are Black and Cranberry, CTMH; Cranberry ribbon, CTMH; Spellbinders die.

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #74 & Ribbon Carousel #30

Here's a challenge that I've been dying to play ever since my Waltzingmouse stamps arrived!  Their sketches are always so wonderfully simple (yet the cards everyone makes are always fabulous...)  I made the inner circle into a diamond shape 'cause it fit the papers so perfectly.  This week's Ribbon Carousel challenge is called "Holiday Hoopla"! so I've entered it there as well.  Here goes:

Patterned papers are Season's Greetings by Echo Park; Cardstock is Pear, Black & Colonial White - CTMH; Baker's Twine is from The Twinery; Copic Markers; Stamp set is Holiday Remedies by Waltzingmouse Stamps; Ink is Memento.

Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #36

Yay!  My Waltzingmouse stamps arrived in the mail this week - I've wanted this stamp set since it came out last year, so I whipped it out as soon as I could and made certainly the brightest Christmas card that I've ever created :o)  These are summery papers, but for some reason they were just shouting Christmas to me?  I kept the design fairly simple (due to those in-your-face prints!) and added just a bit of bling.  I've used Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday sketch for inspiration:

Patterned papers are Summery Days, Echo Park; Stamp set is Vintage Ornaments by Waltzingmouse Stamps; Inks are Pear & Cotton Candy, CTMH; Cardstock is White Daisy, Ocean & Pear, CTMH; Bitty Sparkles & Bubblegum Organdy, CTMH.  Spellbinders ornament die.

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #28 & CASE Study Challenge #30

I don't often combine more than one challenge, but this week's cute Waltzing Mouse Sketch seemed to work with what I had in mind for the CASE study challenge.  I really liked the combo of colours/design that I did for this week's Mojo sketch (my last post) - so I've gone with a similar theme... here's our sketch:

And this month at CASE, we're casing cards by the talented Julee Tilman, and this was our inpiration:

Here's what I've come up with:

Stamp set is Text Objects by Verve; Patterned papers are Wings; Cardstock is Juniper, Black, Vineyard Berry & Colonial White - all CTMH.

Color Throwdown Challenge #127 & Waltzingmouse Sketch #33

This is a different card for me, because I used (gasp) stickers!  They were sitting in with these pretty patterned papers, and I thought, why not?  I used this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch, paired with the colours from the Color Throwdown Challenge... and here's what I put together:

Patterned papers & stickers are Caprice; Cardstock is Chocolate; Ink is Chocolate; Kraft Color-Ready Borders; Bamboo & Chocolate brads; - all CTMH; Prima flowers. 

Color Throwdown Challenge #126 & Waltzingmouse Sketch #32

For this week's Color Throwdown Challenge, I tried something similar to my "bloom" card from a few weeks ago, using the new Bohemian Alphabet and some hand stitching.  I used this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch.  Here is the sketch and our colours for the challenge:

Cardstock is Garden Green, Crystal Blue, Cocoa & Colonial White; Stamp sets are Bohemian Alphabet & Thoughts of You; Inks are Garden Green, Crystal Blue & Chocolate - all CTMH. Spellbinders Nestabilities die.

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #23

A great sketch for this week's Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge - and I finally got a chance to use these little candy cane's that I've had sitting around forever!  Here's the sketch:

Patterned Paper is Mistletoe, Creative Basics & Mistletoe; Cardstock is Cocoa & Colonial White; Ink is Garden Green; Garden Green button; Chocolate Waxy Flax

Play Date Cafe Challenge #54/Waltzingmouse Sketch #21

A very pretty colour combo as this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge:

and a tag sketch from the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge:

Here's what I came up with:

Cardstock is Sorbet, Taffy & Key Lime; Stamp Sets are The Present & Birthday Script; Inks are Sorbet, Key Lime & Desert Sand; White Daisy Just Blooms; Key Lime & Taffy Bigger Brads; Spring Sorbet brads; Taffy Organdy.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #50/Waltzingmouse Sketch #18

Only a couple of days left in this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge... so I was glad to finally put together this little Christmas card using some not-so-typical holiday colours.  Here was our inspiration:

And my card also works for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge:

Cardstock is Smoothie, Pear, White Daisy; Inks are Clover Meadow, Citrus Leaf, Pear, Desert Sand; Stamp Set is Evergreen; Sparkles; - all CTMH.